Song of Solomon 1:6
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Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.
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But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
Even your brothers— your own father’s household— even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.